| 1882 | Kaimeido founded in Shitiken-cho, Shizuoka City. Started manufacture of “Decorative Metallic Parts”. |
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| 1886 | Received orders for metal hand-lamps for use during Tokaido Line railroad construction. Started manufacture and sales of metal hand-lamps and sales of sheet- glass for construction. |
| 1897 | Started manufacture of mirrors by mercury baking. |
| 1923 | Became a special agent of ASAHI GLASS CO.,LTD. |
| 1924 | Started operations of a mirror-silvering and chamfering plant in Miyamoto-cho, Shizuoka City (the current headquarters location). |
| 1948 | Murakami Kaimeido incorporated. |
| 1958 | Started business with TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. |
| 1967 | Opened the Fujieda branch (Fujieda City, Shizuoka prefecture) to expand rear-view mirror production. Started business with MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORP. |
| 1970 | Divided the corporate organization into Glass division (located at headquarters) and a Rear-view mirror division (located at Fujieda), making each division independently responsible for its own material procurement, production, and sales. |
| 1976 | Started business with HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. |
| 1977 | Opened its physical distribution center (Shizuoka). |
| 1979 | Started business with NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. |
| 1982 | Started business with SUZUKI MOTOR CORP. |
| 1989 | Expanded into the advanced glass industry (with the creation of the opt-electronics division) to meet needs in the optics market. |
| 1990 | Opened the Yaizu Unit in Yaizu City, Shizuoka prefecture, to expand rear-view mirror production. |
| 1991 | Went public as an over-the-counter stock market. |
| 1995 | Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 1996 | Opened the Oigawa Unit in Fujieda City, Shizuoka prefectuire, to expand rear-view mirror production. Set up MATCO (Thailand). |
| 1999 | Received QS9000 certification (mirror division). |
| 2000 | Set up MMUS (US). |
| 2001 | Set up MMT (Thailand). Received ISO14001 certification Set up MHK (Hong Kong). |
| 2002 | Set up MIC (China). |
| 2003 | Started business with Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. |
| 2004 | Set up MST (Thailand). |
| 2007 | Set up Murakami Kyusyu Corporation (Fukuoka prefecture). |
| 2008 | Set up嘉興村上開明堂汽車配件有限公司 (China). |
| 2010 | Set up Murakami Con-form Corporation (Shizuoka prefecture). |
Shichiken-cho office in 1914 (Shichiken-cho, Shizuoka City)
Miyamoto-cho plant
in the late twenties
(chamfering of mirrors)
After World War II
(1948)
First rear-view mirror developed by Murakami (1959) mounted on the first model of the Toyota Crown
ＭＭＵＳ(U.S.A) Unit
ＭＭＴ(Thailand) Unit
ＭＳＴ(Thailand) Unit
